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Do you worry about having your tech devices' private files and pictures comprised by technicians servicing those devices?

Steverno~POTL~PWCM~JLA 2012/07/22 12:51:45
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Here's a cautionary tale of a woman's horror after a Best Buy "Geek Squad" employee stole her 'racy' photos and videos from her old iPhone.And then she got a call from that employee.Demanding that she come to his house to get those pictures back!

Here's the link to the article and the legal deposition video!
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2177175/Womans-horror...
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  • Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/07/23 18:26:03
    Nope,I'm not worried about other people accessing my private files & pictures!
    Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆
    But that's because I never ask anyone else to service my computer. I handle that myself.
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  • zapped 2012/07/23 04:38:50
    Other Thoughts!
    zapped
    +1
    I dont let anyone mess with my computers ,,and what I cant fix ..my close family can ..

    my cell phone nothing that personal on it !

    I dont have an iphone anyway ...
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  • seadog6608PWCM 2012/07/23 00:59:30
  • ★Calliope★ 2012/07/22 23:44:45
    Nope,I'm not worried about other people accessing my private files & pictures!
    ★Calliope★
    +2
    I service my own stuff.
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  • studiobrat BN-0 AFCL 2012/07/22 22:21:32
    Nope,I'm not worried about other people accessing my private files & pictures!
    studiobrat BN-0 AFCL
    +3
    I checked "Yes," but it jumped to "Nope." It happened to me twice. First, when I had AOL (i hated it!) and when I had an account with Net Zero (They were worth Zero!) and had my computer serviced at the Geek Squad at Best Buy. They spied on my e-mail and God knows what else! The Geek Squad
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  • Don Leuty 2012/07/22 18:31:14
    Nope,I'm not worried about other people accessing my private files & pictures!
    Don Leuty
    +2
    If its private, it is not on my PC. No smart phones allowed in this household.
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  • ★earthbound_misfit★ 2012/07/22 15:51:00
    Yes,other people accessing my private files & pictures worries me!
    ★earthbound_misfit★
    +2
    And no, that doesn't mean I have "something to hide." It simply means my private files are just that...private! I don't want some stranger snooping around in them.
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  • Chi~Cat 2012/07/22 15:24:14
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    Chi~Cat
    +4
    I will never trust Best Buy, ever! I brought in my kick Toshiba - dual processor during the holidays last year, just to have them simply reset it to Toshiba manufacturing standards, I asked many questions, they said absolutely that they could do this (I bought this laptop from them 8 months earlier), so I felt assured that they knew what they were doing. BS!!!! IT is ruined.

    They installed a 'pirated version' of Dell onto my Toshiba and now the windows do not even function, a black screen with dos no windows error. $2,100 for my baby. I work on a lot of confidential matters and was stunned. When I went back after discovering the fraud that happened, the employees tried to block ME from leaving the store! Well, that didn't happen. I plan on suing, but still so infuriated that I can't even look at it. I should have gone the three weeks without it by sending it to Toshiba. Shame on me for not doing so.
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  • Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody 2012/07/22 14:56:09
    Nope,I'm not worried about other people accessing my private files & pictures!
    Dwight-AFCL>dogsbody
    +3
    Only person wh messess with my e-stuff is my wife's nephew, and he's about as honest as I've found.
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  • Pat 2012/07/22 14:28:39
    Nope,I'm not worried about other people accessing my private files & pictures!
    Pat
    +4
    Luckily I have two computer Gurus in my immediate family and they are the only ones who touch my computer. I only have a basic cell phone so no pics, or anything on there.
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  • MlssCue =Go Blue= 2012/07/22 14:21:49
    Yes,other people accessing my private files & pictures worries me!
    MlssCue =Go Blue=
    +2
    I'm an extremely private person.

    private
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  • themadhare ~IJM 2012/07/22 14:02:57 (edited)
    Nope,I'm not worried about other people accessing my private files & pictures!
    themadhare ~IJM
    +3
    I'd only worry about them screwing my system up. I've seen many of them working in my own tech days. Many are very good, but many others.....
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  • JohnT 2012/07/22 13:59:39
    Nope,I'm not worried about other people accessing my private files & pictures!
    JohnT
    +2
    Gee that is why they make external drives so you don't keep personal stuff on your devices. It isn't just racy photos to worry about it is banking data, personal identification information. I never keep important things on a main drive or device.
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  • Flowers 2012/07/22 13:49:56
    Yes,other people accessing my private files & pictures worries me!
    Flowers
    +1
    I would be extremely upset if this was me. I wonder who else he has black mailed
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  • bags the Indigenous Guru 2012/07/22 13:46:19
    Other Thoughts!
    bags the Indigenous Guru
    +1
    Keep what you wish to be private on an external drive o that you don't have to worry. How hard is that?
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  • Kat 2012/07/22 13:36:29
    Yes,other people accessing my private files & pictures worries me!
    Kat
    +1
    I don't have weird photos but files that are none of their business.
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  • sglmom 2012/07/22 13:30:35
    Yes,other people accessing my private files & pictures worries me!
    sglmom
    +5
    YES ....
    Which is why my private, personal files always are backed up separately (on another thing) from the computer I am using ... (I don't save personal private data/images to my computer .. especially any artworks I am showing .. )
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  • Sister Jean 2012/07/22 13:29:55
    Nope,I'm not worried about other people accessing my private files & pictures!
    Sister Jean
    +3
    no
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  • Stevern... Sister ... 2012/07/22 13:34:50
    Steverno~POTL~PWCM~JLA
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    Well,I hope a Nun wouldn't have any 'racy' pictures on their iPhone...lol
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  • Chi~Cat Stevern... 2012/07/22 15:33:30
    Chi~Cat
    +1
    LOL!
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  • Artist 2012/07/22 13:10:53
    Nope,I'm not worried about other people accessing my private files & pictures!
    Artist
    +6
    Nope, I've got a pretty good guy and he's taught me how to service my computer without his help. I've only had two viruses in the last three years.
    Now if you want to change the question 'Am I worried about our government getting into my computer?', then the answer would be a resounding YES!
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  • Stevern... Artist 2012/07/22 13:13:26
    Steverno~POTL~PWCM~JLA
    +5
    That's why I put the "Other Thoughts" answer option to handle those kind of comments!
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  • Artist Stevern... 2012/07/22 13:33:10
    Artist
    +3
    Oh don't get snippy with me, mister, lol!
    I answer correctly, I'm not worried about some employee messing with my computer...he'd find it a mess anyway.
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  • wolf sloan 2012/07/22 12:59:30
    Other Thoughts!
    wolf sloan
    +7
    I don't have porn or financial info on mine.
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